“The Forest” (PG-13): When her twin sister disappears in Japan, a young American named Sara (Natalie Dormer) becomes determined to find out what happened to her. Sara's investigation leads her to the legendary Aokigahara Forest, located at the base of Mount Fuji. (No review)

“The Masked Saint” (PG-13): The journey of a professional wrestler who becomes a small town pastor and moonlights as a masked vigilante fighting injustice. (No review)

“The Revenant” (R): While exploring the uncharted wilderness in the 1800s, legendary frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his own hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his will and survival skills to find a way back home to his beloved family.

Also in theaters

“Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip”: The fourth installment in the successful franchise about a man (Jason Lee) who is raising three chipmunks like sons.

“The Big Short” (R): Four outsiders in the world of high-finance who predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed.

“Brooklyn” (PG-13): Impeccably directed by John Crowley, feelingly adapted by Nick Hornby from Colm Toibin’s fine novel and blessed with heart-stopping work from star Saoirse Ronan and the rest of the cast, “Brooklyn” is about love and heartache, loneliness and intimacy, what home means and how we achieve it.

“Creed” (PG-13): In “Creed,” the seventh appearance of Rocky Balboa and the series’ first installment not written by Sylvester Stallone, the veteran actor and his most beloved character prove they’ve got sharp comic timing and plenty of heart left.

“Daddy’s Home” (PG-13): A mild-mannered radio exective (Will Ferrell) competes for the affection of his stepchildren when their freewheeling and freeloading father (Mark Wahlberg) shows up.

“The Danish Girl” (R): The love story inspired by the lives of artists Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener. Lili and Gerda's marriage and work evolve as they navigate Lili's groundbreaking journey as a transgender pioneer.

“The Good Dinosaur” (PG): Pixar Animation’s second feature film this year (after “Inside Out”) finds out what would have happened if the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs never hit our planet.

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2”: Civil war finally breaks out, with grim consequences, in the final chapter of the film series based on Suzanne Collins’ novels. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence), Peeta (Josh Hutchinson) and Gale (Liam Hemsworth) lead the charge against the villainous President Snow (Donald Sutherland).

“Point Break” (PG-13): Thrill-seeking criminals perform a series of daredevil stunts to steal money and gems, only to give them away to the poor and less fortunate. Training for a job with the FBI, young recruit Johnny Utah suspects that only extreme athletes could pull off these heists. (No review)

“Sisters” (R): Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star as out-of-touch siblings who return to clean out their childhood home when their parents decide to sell and throw one last party for old times’ sake.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” (PG-13): Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher return for the latest installment of the space saga as it kicks off another trilogy set in a galaxy far, far away.

Discount movies

“Everest” (PG-13): A mountain-climbing disaster focusing on the survival attempts of two groups, one led by Jake Gyllenhaal, the other by Jason Clarke. John Hawkes, Josh Brolin and more climb to the summit and fall to their fates. (No review)

“Goosebumps” (PG): The new boy in town and the girl next door must spring into action after accidentally releasing the monsters trapped in her father’s books. With Dylan Minnette, Halston Sage and Jack Black. Written by Darren Lemke. Directed by Rob Letterman.

“Hotel Transylvania 2” (PG): A cute, but not classic animated movie about Dracula, who opens his spooky hotel to human guests and puts his half-vampire, half-human grandson through monster boot camp in this sequel. (No review)

“The Intern” (PG-13): Nicely acted by Anne Hathaway and Robert DeNiro, “The Intern” revolves around a 70-year-old widower (DeNiro) who discoveres that retirement doesn’t interest him and becomes an intern at an online fashion site.

“The Last Witch Hunter” (PG-13):Vin Diesel stars as mankind’s last defense against a tribe of evil witches. No, seriously.

“Love the Coopers” (PG-13): Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie and Amanda Seyfried are among the members of four generations of a family who reunite to celebrate Christmas. Adorable hijinks and heartwarming melodrama ensue. (No review)

“The Martian” (PG-13): Matt Damon is an astronaut stranded on Mars, and Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor are among the NASA employees trying to get him home safely in director Ridley Scott’s thrilling adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling novel. (No review)

“Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (PG-13): After having escaped the Maze, the Gladers now face a new set of challenges on the open roads of a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. (No review)

“Secret In Their Eyes” (PG-13):Billy Ray (“Shattered Glass,” “Breach”) directs this Hollywood remake of the Oscar-winning Argentine drama about a pair of FBI agents (Chiwetel Ejiofor and Julia Roberts) who reopen an old unsolved murder case with the help of a lawyer (Nicole Kidman). (No review)

“Sicario” (R): Director Denis (“Prisoners”) Villeneuve’s provocative look at the moral consequences of the war on drugs centers on an FBI agent (Emily Blunt) assigned to assist a CIA operative (Josh Brolin) and his lawyer consultant (Benicio Del Toro) in a raid against a powerful crime lord based in Juárez, Mexico.

“The 33” (PG-13): Patricia Riggen (“Under the Same Moon”) directs this drama recounting the harrowing experiences of a group of 33 men who were trapped underground after the collapse of a Chilean mine in 2010.

Fountain Theatre

The Mesilla Valley Film Society screens films at the historic theater, 2469 Calle de Guadalupe in Mesilla. Screenings are usually at 7:30 nightly, plus 1:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Admission is usually $5 to $7. mesillavalleyfilm.org, 575-524-8287.

“Brooklyn” (PG-13): See “Also in theaters.”

Film Salon

Films are screened and discussed at 7:30 p.m. on most first Saturdays at Trinity-First United Methodist Church, 802 N. Mesa (in the Resler Hall Chapel).

Pax Christi

Series of free topical films presented by Pax Christi El Paso and the Peace and Justice Ministry of the El Paso Catholic Diocese, at the Mother Teresa Center, 2400 E. Yandell. 490-1451 or 740-3962.

IMAX theater

Films are shown at the Clyde W. Tombaugh IMAX Dome Theater at the New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo. $4.50-$6. nmspacemuseum.org.